Building a legacy of
compassionate care

About the Foundation

Philanthropy – the act of giving to benefit others – strengthens our entire community. At the Residence, it is both our foundation and our future. Thanks to the generosity of our communities, we can provide extraordinary care to our patients and their families at one of the most vulnerable times of life.

 

At the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation, we are dedicated to ensuring that every patient receives compassionate, high-quality care in their final weeks, free of charge. Every donation enhances the Residence’s ability to offer thoughtful, personalized care. These gifts create meaningful moments of comfort, connection, and peace for patients and their loved ones.

Supporting Compassionate Care

At the Residence, we provide care and services at no cost to patients and their families. In addition to the funding we receive from the government, we must raise over $4.5 million each year to cover the Residence’s operating costs.

 

Your donations are more than financial support—they are an act of love, ensuring that families facing one of life’s most difficult moments can do so with dignity, peace, and the warmth of a caring community. Because of you, we can continue to bring hope, compassion, and extraordinary care to those who need it most.

2023-2024 Annual Report

Stewarding your Support

Since 2003, the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation has worked to ensure the long-term sustainability of our essential care. Our dedicated Foundation Board of Directors guides our fundraising efforts and stewards our resources with vision and integrity.

 

Our Fundraising & Communications Team and our invaluable volunteers build meaningful partnerships throughout our community. We work closely with individual donors, philanthropic foundations, companies, and community groups who share our commitment to compassionate care. Through major gifts, special events, direct mail campaigns, planned giving, and memorial donations, we create various ways for supporters to make a lasting difference.

Current funding is distributed as follows:

Every contribution, big or small, helps us continue providing compassionate care.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all our donors, whose generosity allows us to make a lasting impact.

The Foundation Board

See our governance for a list of our Foundation Board members.

The Fundraising Team

Céline Patenaude —Director of the Foundation

Nancy Eperjesy —Fundraising Event Advisor

Linda Fraraccio – Donations Administrator

Jessica Newey — Advisor, Philanthropy

Karen Rhodes — Campaigns and Donations Manager

We believe in the power of community.
Through our events, we bring people together to connect, remember, and make a difference.

Our Annual Signature Events

"The Residence provides each patient with a private room and outdoor patio. We were able to be together as a family, to share precious moments, to reminisce, to share meals. All these moments of normalcy were a gift during this most difficult of times."
Lucie
"(…) Let me start by saying that my family feels incredibly fortunate to have been a part of your family. My mother’s stay at the Residence was as best as we could have hoped under such difficult circumstances. She was treated with incredible dignity and compassion. The nurses and caregivers gave a sense of normalcy to the uneasy moments, listened well, provided relief and a sense of calm, and honoured her wishes. (…) Thanks for all the behind-the-scenes special people who make it all come together. Thanks for all the smiles and encouragement to us, and for enjoying mom’s sense of humour and curiosity. She truly loved her ‘ninja angels’."
During his time at the Residence, Grandad enjoyed admiring all the artwork and skylights, watching the squirrels and birds across the yard through his patio doors, and being wrapped up in warm blankets from the nursing station. He found comfort in the friendly faces of your staff and volunteers. He was continuously surprised at the quality of each delicious meal, snack, and cup of tea. He felt his experience was “First class, the whole way through!” He admitted that he could not believe such a beautiful place existed. We could not have wished for a better place for my Grandad to spend his final days on this earth. Thanks to everyone for your compassion towards patients and their families. It truly means the world.
John’s granddaughter Katie.
We learned to accept that this fight wasn’t one he could win. I didn’t ask for a miracle for my husband, I asked for the grace to accompany him on his journey. I knew that the Residence would provide the pain management and emotional support that he needed and that my daughters and I would also receive supportive care. I couldn’t have asked for more for the man I loved than for him to spend his final days with his family and surrounded by the Residence’s caring team.
Lucie

Donor Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics

Our Foundation and Residence adhere to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’
Donor Bill of Rights and AFP Code of Ethics.

Together, we can ensure a better today for our patients and a better tomorrow for their families.

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